Nollywood

Funke Akindele-Bello shares how Jason Njoku helped Jenifa’s Diary become a household hit 0
- Creative/Entertainment, Entrepreneurs
- April 3, 2017
Funke Akindele-Bello, is a Nigerian actress, comedienne, and entertainment entrepreneur. She is the founder of Scene One school of Drama, and the brain behind popular TV series, Jenifa’s Dairy. She broke into the movie industry with her role in the UNDP sponsored TV series, “I Need to Know.” She was a guest at the recently
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Now Showing: The Nigerian cinema app that won $50,000 from Facebook 0
- Creative/Entertainment, Technology
- March 22, 2017
It was 4:30pm on a Thursday evening, Joseph had just finished a meeting with his clients in their Marina office, when he realized he had enough time to kill. “Why not go watch a movie?” a thought popped up in his head. Deciding to go see a movie, he brought his phone to see what
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IROKO launches new African digital media platform, IROKOX 0
- Entrepreneurs
- September 9, 2016
iROKO, the largest online compilation of Nollywood movies, has announced the launch of a new platform: IrokoX – Africa’s only full-service, cross-media Multi-Platform Network (MPN). The new platform, IROKOX is focused on creating an ecosystem to create, monetize and distribute the best content that Africa has to offer on behalf of Africa’s digital content creators,
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‘The Problem With Nollywood’ – Jason Njoku 1
- Management
- July 12, 2015
I was speaking to an executive of one of the largest cinema chains in Nigeria. He was telling me how most people he spoke to thought iROKO was ‘bad for the industry’. To be honest this is something I hear regularly. My first thought was, If I am bad, who is good? Then, second to
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Nollywood Is Not The Nigerian Creative Industry – Kwirkly CEO Chris Ogunlowo 1
- Entrepreneurs
- April 28, 2015
Op/ed by Chris Ogunlowo, principal partner of Kwirkly, a creative agency for SMEs. Let us excuse the clickbaiting headline. It is so crafted to attract some conversations on an issue as telling as I intend to intimate the reader. Firstly, “Nollywood” as used in this piece defines the Nigerian movie industry including its regional siblings
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